To use Server.CreateObject to create an instance of a Java class, you must use the JavaReg program to register the class as a COM component. You can then use Server.CreateObject method or an HTML <OBJECT> tag with the PROGID or CLSID. Alternatively, you can use the mechanism provided by Java monikers to instantiate the Java class directly without using the JavaReg program. To instantiate a class with monikers, use the VBScript or JScript GetObject statement and provide the full name of the Java class in the form java:classname. The following VBScript example creates an instance of the Java Date class.

<%
Dim dtmDate
Set dtmDate = GetObject("java:java.util.Date")

Response.Write "The date is " & dtmDate.toString()
%>


Objects created by calling GetObject instead of Server.CreateObject can also access the ASP built-in objects and participate in a transaction. To use Java monikers, however, you must be using version 2.0, or later, of the Microsoft virtual machine.